Babatunde Aléshé and Finlay Christie have toured Ireland for a new Channel 4 series. In Coast to Coast: The Scenic Route, the comedians took on the Causeway Coastal Route and Wild Atlantic Way, with ...

A fundraising campaign has been launched to secure the archive of Ray Galton and Alan Simpson - the scriptwriting duo behind Steptoe and Son and Hancock’s Half Hour, who are credited with inventing ...

The comedian grew up in County Kildare in Ireland, with her mum Helen and sister Sinead, after her dad, Brian, died when she was three. Her real surname is O'Sullivan and she adopted Bea as her stage ...

George Wendt, who played Norm Peterson in Cheers, has died at the age of 76. His family said he died peacefully in his sleep ...

Writer, actor and comedian Rebecca Humphries has signed a book deal for her debut novel. Maiden, Mother, Crone is described as a satirical folk-horror mystery about a local am-dram star.

The live version of Dear Bill was taped live at London’s Fortune Theatre. It is sung by Jak Malone, who delivers the ballad as MI5 secretary Hester Leggatt. It is a heartfelt message to a fictional ...

Comedians including Stewart Lee, Mark Steel and Arthur Smith are to perform an updated version of Alexander Pope’s 18th century satire The Dunciad. The poem, first published in 1728, celebrates a ...

John Shuttleworth is selling his Austin Ambassador Y-Reg. The car – which he immortalised in song – is going under the hammer at North Yorkshire auctioneer Mathewsons this week. Shuttleworth released ...

Norm was initially the only customer featured in the main cast of Cheers, later joined by best friend Cliff, Frasier Crane and Lilith Sternin. His entrance into the bar was a running gag on the show, ...

John Kearns is joining the Penny Dreadfuls team for a new Sherlock Holmes comedy play – with new songs from Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber. He will appear alongside Humphrey Ker, David Reed and ...

Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker. This week's is all about the letter Q. Good luck!

Not Going Out started in 2006 as a flatshare comedy with Megan Dodds as Lee’s landlady. However, she left at the end of ...